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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. DEMAREST.

BATE TUB FITTING.

No. 339,386. PatentedApr. 6 1886.

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J. DEMAREST.

BATH TUB FITTING.

No. 339,386. Patented Apr. 6,1886.

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JOHN DEMAREST, OF NEW. YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE J. L. MOTT IRON WORKS, OF SAME PLACE.

BATH-TUB FlTTING S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,386, dated April 6, 1886,

Application filed June 22, 1885. Serial No. 169,349. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN DEMAREST, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bath-Tub Fittings, of which the following is a specification.

In setting bath-tubs and connecting to them the water-supply pipes it is customary to out through the hard-wood rim openings for the re handles of the hot and cold water valves and for the waste and overflow. If the valves get out of order and need to be repaired, it becomes necessary to remove the handles and the hard-wood rim and frequently part of the side wood-Work.

My invention is designed to obviate this difficulty; and it consists in combining with the bath-faucets a metal plate, through openings in which pass the stems of the watervalves. This plate is of sufficient size to cover a large opening in the upper rim of the bath, so that by the removal of the said plate access is given to pipes or valves for repairs. It is only necessary to remove the handles and fittings and lift off the plate to give free access to the pipes and cooks in the space below, and these parts can be easily replaced.

1n the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of part of a bath and of'the plate and case, the other parts being in elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan of the plate and fittings and part of a bath. Fig. 3 is a section through the plate and pin and an elevation of the fittings.

A represents the bath; B, the hardwood rim; 0, the side case, and D the floor. a a

are the water-supply pipes. and a the discharge into the bath. 1) is the waste-pipe, and cthe overflow. These parts are of well-known construction, and do not reqnirefurther dethe wooden rim B of the bath-tub, said plate scription, the bath waste and overflow be ing similar to that in patent granted July 6, 1880, to S. G. McFarland, No. 229,627. The hardwood rim Bis made with an opening that extends in width preferably, as shown in Fig. 1, from the edge of the bath to the inner edge of the wood case, and in length equal to the space occupied by the faucets and connections. The plate E is larger than said opening, and is preferably made with a downwardly-projecting edge, and there may be holes around the edge for screws 1 to secure the plate in place. There are openings in this I plate E for the caps that surround the valvestems, and these caps are removable, and the stems for the hot and cold water handles ff pass through these caps c e, and the stem of the pull d of the waste-valve passes through the cap 6 If this waste and overflow is not used, an ornamental cap may be used in place of the cap 6". Thereby the plate is adapted to the different circumstances under which it is to be used.

As heretofore remarked,wheu access to the pipes or valves is required for repairs, it is only necessary to remove the handl 3s and caps 6 5 and the screws 1, when used, and take off the plate to give free access to all the pipes and cocks, and this is done without removing the rim or side casing of the bath.

In Figs. 1 and 8 the caps e e e are shown as 0 provided with downward extensions screwing into threads cut in the circular flanges 2 upon the under side of the plate E. By this means access is given for cleaning out the overflowpipe or for screwing up the packings of the valves a without disturbing the plate E.

I am aware that in some instances an ornamental plate has been provided, through which pass the stems of the cooks or valves, and that such plate has rested upon the iron rim of the bath-tub, and that therehave been holes through the rim for such stems; but these would not allow access to the cocks or valves. In cases where a cast-iron end piece has been provided for the bath. asecond plate has been used for the stems of the valves to pass through.

I claim as my invention The combination, with the overflow-pipe a and cooks of, and the stems and handles f, f, and (Z, of the plate E, covering an opening in having screw-flanges projecting downwardly around the openings therein, and the removable caps e ee",screwed into the said openings in the plate E, and through which the respective stems pass, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 20th day of June, A. D. 1885.

JOHN DEMAREST.

Witnesses:

E. CLINTON SMITH, J OHN ABEL. 

